Siskiyou Heat U12 softball team takes third at tourney

Tuesday

Apr 9, 2013 at 2:46 PMApr 9, 2013 at 2:56 PM

The Siskiyou Heat U12 girls fast pitch softball opened their 2013 season by bringing home a third place trophy from the Black Tornado Invitational Tournament in Medford, Ore. The tournament was held on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the team played through wind and rain. They defeated the Phoenix Pirates 18-0 in three innings. They then faced one of the tournament favorites, the Medford Black Tornados and lost 11-4. The team finished Saturday pool play by losing to the Medford Comets 10-2. On Sunday, in bracket play, the Heat fought back and defeated a second ranked Klamath Falls Basin Bandit team 7-4, breaking a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning and scoring three runs. The Heat again played back-to-back in a bid for second place but lost in the 7th inning to a second Comet team. The Heat finished in third place out of eight teams.